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by sandworm101 3779 days ago
The line between the two is gone today. The CIA now both collects information (spy drones) and acts on it (armed drones). The FBI both investigates crimes and acts as a go-between between federal and local agencies via fusion centers. Since 9/11 everyone is all about information sharing. That means law enforcement now give intel to the intel community and that the intel community does likewise. Even lines between military and civilian worlds are blurred as contractors bounce between the two. We really are slipping into a world where feds are feds and the letters on the hat no longer matter.